DETECTIVES are considering whether or not to charge a 25-year-old man in connection with running a pirate radio station that was raided in Coventry.

Police smashed their way into Renegade radio's studio in an office block in Lockhurst Lane, Holbrooks, last Thursday night.

They found turntables, mixers, records, CDs and transmitting equipment used for illegal broadcasts on 94.4FM.

The studio was traced after residents of Spon Gate House and Meadow House, both in Spon End; Nauls Mill House, Coundon, and Paradise House in Foleshill, complained to landlord Whitefriars that their TV signals were being interrupted.

They found this was because crude transmitters had been rigged up to antennae on the roofs of the flats which were being used for Renegade's broadcasts.

A man was interviewed on suspicion of operating a pirate radio station by officers from Ofcom, the government's communication watchdog.

Now they are considering whether any charges will be brought.

Anyone convicted of running a pirate radio station faces an unlimited fine or up to two years in prison.